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Source Description
Such large cups, known in Russian as a korchik, were used for drinking wine and mead in wealthy households. Unusually, this one belonged to a woman.
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Document identity
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30262
label
Drinking Bowl (Korchik)
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object
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30262
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object
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normalized
title
Drinking Bowl (Korchik)
description
Such large cups, known in Russian as a korchik, were used for drinking wine and mead in wealthy households. Unusually, this one belonged to a woman.
provenance
Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Saint Petersburg and Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
17th century (Early Modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
cups (drinking vessels)
drinking vessels
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5
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5
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Russian
style
Baroque
inscriptions
[Transcription] Along edge: Съ ковшъ секретарши * Евдокиi Иван[овн]/ы дочери жены * Романа Аръхипов[а]; [Translation] This ""kovsh"" belongs to the secretary’s spouse Eudocia
daughter of Ivan
wife of Roman Arkhipov.
dynasty
House of Romanov
med
nut wood, shell or shell composite, silver, parcel gilt
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6214
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none
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